is this laser printer any cheaper to operate than an inkjet printer? I print a lot and the cost of ink for the inkjet printers becomes expensive!
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Yes. It's about 4 cents per print black and 5.6 cents per print color if you use genuine Dell toner from Dell and even less if you want to use a re-manufactured cartridge. I guessed the inkjet price to be 8 cents for black and 9 cents for color. The more you print the more you'll save. If you print in the 1000's of sheets per month you might want to get something a little better than this one. The print yield of the cartridges is 1000 pages for the color and 1250 for the black. shop around for cartridge price per volume to get the best bang for your buck. You'll more than likely pay more at first for the printer but will save money in the long run from the cheaper price per print. Yes. It's about 4 cents per print black and 5.6 cents per print color if you use genuine Dell toner from Dell and even less if you want to use a re-manufactured cartridge. I guessed the inkjet price to be 8 cents for black and 9 cents for color. The more you print the more you'll save. If you print in the 1000's of sheets per month you might want to get something a little better than this one. The print yield of the cartridges is 1000 pages for the color and 1250 for the black. shop around for cartridge price per volume to get the best bang for your buck. You'll more than likely pay more at... » Read More Yes. It's about 4 cents per print black and 5.6 cents per print color if you use genuine Dell toner from Dell and even less if you want to use a re-manufactured cartridge. I guessed the inkjet price to be 8 cents for black and 9 cents for color. The more you print the more you'll save. If you print in the 1000's of sheets per month you might want to get something a little better than this one. The print yield of the cartridges is 1000 pages for the color and 1250 for the black. shop around for cartridge price per volume to get the best bang for your buck. You'll more than likely pay more at first for the printer but will save money in the long run from the cheaper price per print. « Show Less
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I found the replacement cartridges for about $50 a set, which I thought was reasonable. I do not print a lot, so I am still on the initial cartidges.
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It's a lot cheaper you can get a complete set of ink for only about 50 dollars get 1200 copies on black and 700 on color
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Honestly it doesn't matter which printer you get. If you like HP, then get a HP; if you like Epson, then get an Epson. The same can be said for most other brands. Personally, I have an Epson SW215W and I like it a lot. As mentioned in another response, I would also recommend a wireless printer. As for costs; printers are very cheap these days, the expense is in the running costs, i.e. printer cartridges. So look for the printer that has the lowest running costs per page. The cost of the printer becomes rapidly irrelevant the more pages you print. I hope this helps.
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My advice is to cut your losses and replace the printer. I could not resolve the issues with this printer as much as I tried including online help from Kodak which by the way recommended that I go and buy more ink. After spending $30 on ink which is about 40% the price of the printer, it is now collecting dust in my garage. I already replaced it with an HP after 4 months of use. Kodak products are substandard including a digital camera I bought. Do not buy their products in the future.
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I'm using generic ink with no problems. I don't print that much so I don't know about the printer using a lot of ink. Anyway I can get 4 ink cartridges, one of each color and black for less than $14 mailed to me with free shipping, so I don't worry about ink usage. I love this printer / copier. No more running to the library to make copies. Hope this info helps....
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Not quite as sharp as with an inkjet. But i use a matte paper. Glossy might do better. I haven't tried that. The colors stay truer than with my old inkjet where everything seemed to turn purple. I find the toner lasts longer than ink. I wasted lots of ink just trying to clean the jets. I like the laser much better.
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That's the Epson claim - as good or better than Laser... There are three reasons to purchase laser printers: 1) It can print text of any size very sharp. 2) The toner is bonded permanently to paper and thus will never smudge... 3) It's great for professional work / papers and professional-looking letterhead, auto-fed envelopes, etc. Epson's new ink-depositing system technology provides two things to try and match lasers... 1) Ink droplets of 1 picoliter or smaller (for sharp text) and 2) A new ink formulation / heat-bonder to provide relatively good smudge resistance. Does this mean "Performance Beyond Laser"... in the "Real World," it's pretty darn close to Laser, but our Lexmark color laser with True 1200 x 1200 dots-per-inch print quality still provides more accurate (thus sharper) fonts / text and more accurate color prints, AND it's prints don't smudge or run after being fully soaked in water... However, our laser cost 6 times what this Epson does - so for the price - Epson's WF-3640 comes really close to laser quality and has lots of features, like printing from iPads and e-mail-to-direct print. We already use the Epson more than our Lexmark primarily because it's much faster and just about as good. Now, that's pretty darn telling for "Real World" and "Beyond Laser".
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It is a great printer. I bought this one used after I destroyed the original with cheap ink. Even used, it came with everything you mentioned and it is still working great. It doesn't cost much to run because the ink cartridges seem to last forever.
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Funny, Kodak wanted to replace mine with a refurbished printer costing to much for what it is when the printhead would not move after trying all the suggestions for fixing the problem. My husband did get it working again by taking it apart but I had already bought myself an HP Officejet which works great. And the Office Hero 6.1 quit working again so I am sorry I can't help but my suggestion to you is stay away from the Kodak and throw it in the trash. Kodak is not an American product any longer. The only good thing about the printer I thought was the cost of the ink. The HP ink is expensive but it seems to last me a lot longer! Funny, Kodak wanted to replace mine with a refurbished printer costing to much for what it is when the printhead would not move after trying all the suggestions for fixing the problem. My husband did get it working again by taking it apart but I had already bought myself an HP Officejet which works great. And the Office Hero 6.1 quit working again so I am sorry I can't help but my suggestion to you is stay away from the Kodak and throw it in the trash. Kodak is not an American product any longer. The only good thing about the printer I thought was the cost of the ink. The HP ink is... » Read More Funny, Kodak wanted to replace mine with a refurbished printer costing to much for what it is when the printhead would not move after trying all the suggestions for fixing the problem. My husband did get it working again by taking it apart but I had already bought myself an HP Officejet which works great. And the Office Hero 6.1 quit working again so I am sorry I can't help but my suggestion to you is stay away from the Kodak and throw it in the trash. Kodak is not an American product any longer. The only good thing about the printer I thought was the cost of the ink. The HP ink is expensive but it seems to last me a lot longer! « Show Less
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It is not a great printer.. I would suggest you spend a little more money and get a laser printer. I hooked up the printer using the cord the first time to get it set up. You are then supposed to be allowed to remove the cord and it would work wirelessly. I then, wirelessly, was able to connect two lap tops to the printer. However, after successfully hooking them up, they didn't work. So I had to reinstall the drivers and start over again and this time leave the cable connected to my desktop computer. So I would leave it connected. It uses up toner like crazy and I haven't made many copies at all. A lase printer has more expensive toner, but lasts a long time. It is not a great printer.. I would suggest you spend a little more money and get a laser printer. I hooked up the printer using the cord the first time to get it set up. You are then supposed to be allowed to remove the cord and it would work wirelessly. I then, wirelessly, was able to connect two lap tops to the printer. However, after successfully hooking them up, they didn't work. So I had to reinstall the drivers and start over again and this time leave the cable connected to my desktop computer. So I would leave it connected. It uses up toner like crazy and I haven't made many copies... » Read More It is not a great printer.. I would suggest you spend a little more money and get a laser printer. I hooked up the printer using the cord the first time to get it set up. You are then supposed to be allowed to remove the cord and it would work wirelessly. I then, wirelessly, was able to connect two lap tops to the printer. However, after successfully hooking them up, they didn't work. So I had to reinstall the drivers and start over again and this time leave the cable connected to my desktop computer. So I would leave it connected. It uses up toner like crazy and I haven't made many copies at all. A lase printer has more expensive toner, but lasts a long time. « Show Less
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It's a difficult question to answer (and sorry it took so long to do so) because it really depends on usage. We use it in an office where it is used a lot and I think we get similar useage compared to our last low-priced laser printer. Haven't noticed much difference - though perhaps some. But I have to say that considering it's price and it's cartrige price, even if it has to be replace a little more often, it's worth it. It prints very nicely and takes up so little space. So we're happy with it.
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You have to have all of the cartridges installed. I do not know of any really good compatibles for this printer yet. Remember, the HP inks are about $105-$115 for the black 970xl and that prints 9200 pages. If you choose to print black only, the colors last indefinately because you are not using them. This is the best HP printer I have owned. I have had many many hp laser printers, and this one blows away the laser printers, and especially the color laser printers.
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It all depends on the type of printer you own. My printers are connected via the USB port or wireless on my home net work. If I were to buy a new printer for my ASUS laptop, I would buy a wireless multifunction inkjet printer with low cost ink. You only pay once for the printer, the ink costs go on forever. If you already have a printer tell us what it is and we can help.
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I do not know. Our Epson printer broke and we replaced with a laser printer which is less expensive to maintain than the inkjet.
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No, out of all the inkjet printers I have used, this one so far has used the least amount of ink. It also depends on what you are printing. We are printing lots of color pages. With that said, the saturation of color is less (as to be expected) than other printers. But if you need a color printer that is average, this one is the best I've found so far! And it was a breeze to set up...
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Nope - it's an inkjet printer - so no laser. If you want a laser printer, it would be best to search for 'laser printer'.
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All inkjet printers will work. No laser just plain old inkjet ink. I use epson 1400's and I refill my own cartridges and have done 100's of the prints.
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I have used a LaserJet printer on Inkjet labels, and you can use LaserJet labels on an InkJet printer. The only downfall to using LaserJet labels on an InkJet printer is that the labels need time to dry after printing on them. Possibly the LaserJet labels have a harder finish and the ink doesn't soak in.